Abstract

This study examined the level of force used by Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) and non-CIT officers responding to individuals experiencing a mental health crisis (N = 382). Level of force was coded using National Institute of Justice (2009) strategy, least to most lethal. Analyses examined differences in officers’ use of force by CIT-training status and citizen characteristics. Results indicated CIT-trained officers were less likely to use any level of force and more likely to use the lowest level of force, compared to non-CIT-trained officers. CIT-trained officers were significantly less likely to escalate to higher levels of force, utilizing the lowest level of force more often.

摘要

这项研究调查了危机干预小组 (CIT) 和非 CIT 官员对经历心理健康危机的个人 ( N = 382)所使用的武力水平 。武力水平使用国家司法研究所 (2009) 战略编码，从最低到最致命。分析通过 CIT 培训状态和公民特征检查了官员使用武力的差异。结果表明，与未接受过 CIT 训练的警官相比，接受过 CIT 训练的警官不太可能使用任何级别的武力，更有可能使用最低级别的武力。接受过 CIT 培训的军官升级到更高级别武力的可能性要小得多，他们更频繁地使用最低级别的武力。